A new study published in the September issue of the journal, Pediatrics, seems to confirm the theory that a particular virus may be contributing to the obesity epidemic in kids and teens. The Adenovirus 36 seems to be present more frequently in obese than non-obese children. And titers of neutralizing antibodies to AD36 are observed in subsets of obese children. Clearly the next step would be for researchers to use this information to help treat obese children and teens and to prevent...
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